Among the highlights were the events organized by the Acropolis Museum where visitors had the opportunity to stroll around the museum’s temporary exhibition, “Chisel and Memory,” which showcases almost half a century’s worth of photographs that depict marble craftsmen restoring major monuments, until midnight.

The restaurant and ground-floor cafe were open until late, so the visitors could get a panoramic view of the full moon over the Acropolis.

Hundreds also gathered at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, south of Athens to see the moon rise over the Aegean.

A full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon at the Cape of Sounion, Greece

This year’s full moon occurred on Aug. 15, which also coincide with one of the largest religious holidays in the country.

The celebration of the August moonlight in Greece’s archaeological treasures began in 1999 and has proven very successful and becomes a summertime tradition across the nation.

The events, part of the Culture Ministry’s “Under the Moonlight” series, will conclude on Sunday, Aug. 19, according to an official announcement. In 2018, the full moon celebrations hosted over 100,000 visitors, compared with 74,970 in 2017, and 63,795 in 2016.